Certified Peer Specialist - Parent

Overview

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Position Title:

Full-Time Certified Parent Peer Specialist

Position Number:

Work Unit: IC3

County:
Region 6

Immediate Supervisor:
Angie Williams and Regiena Brown

Must be the parent or guardian of a youth or young adult with a mental health diagnosis

And possess a

High School Diploma or GED and 3 years' experience in a social services related field position

Or Bachelor's Degree in a social services related field

Or 1 year at the lower level position equivalent

Under immediate to general supervision, the Certified Parent Peer Specialist (CPS-P) provides peer support services to a caseload of youth ages 5 through 20 and their families who are enrolled in IC3 services, collaborates with other designated staff, participates in team meetings, serves as a youth advocate, provides information and peer support for individuals in a variety of settings, meets minimal contacts per month with each individual, provides collaborative documentation, attends collaborative meetings with staff and other youth serving stakeholders for continuity of care, assists with crisis response.

None

Bloodborne Pathogen Category:
Employee performs assigned tasks which involve no exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material AND performance of category I tasks are not a condition of employment (Category III).

Mandatory Training Category (Check One):
Administrative, Direct Care, Medical

Aspire Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Services goal is to continually improve the delivery of service by improvement of individual outcomes and satisfaction. All employees have a role in performance improvement and are expected to interact collaboratively with co-workers and other contacts to provide consistent, high-quality, individual focused services.

Work requires the knowledge and skills necessary to provide direct consumer services appropriate to youth and young adults and their parents' ages 5-20 enrolled in IC3 services.

Intensive Customized Care Coordination (IC3) is a provider based High Fidelity Wraparound intervention comprised of a team selected by the family/caregiver in which the family and team identify the goals and the appropriate strategies to reach the goals identified by the family. High fidelity wraparound (HFW) is an ecologically based process building on the collective actions of a team to mobilize resources and talents from a variety of sources to support families in their communities.

In the wraparound process, a team of people are brought together around all the components of a family's life incorporating their history, culture, relationships, and other relevant information to address their challenges and formulate possible solutions.

Staff should be able to: (Define Competency Areas)

• Customer Service - Ability to provide helpful, courteous, accessible, responsive, and knowledgeable service to youth and families
• Customer Service - Understanding of the recovery process and how to use their own recovery story to support others
• Customer Service - Understanding of and the ability to establish healing relationships
• Accountability - Demonstrate knowledge of policies and procedures
• Accountability - Understanding of their job and the skills to do that job
• Accountability - Ability to complete all related professional development trainings initially and annually
• Accountability - Ability to keep all credentials and certificates up to date
• Accountability - follow contract guidelines, including key performance indicators set forth by DBHDD
• Team Work and Cooperation - Ability to collaborate and operate with a team-based approach
• Results Orientation - Knowledgeable of EMR and able to complete reports on Excel and other agency databases
• Results Orientation - Ability to complete and submit all required state reporting and outcome measures in a timely manner
• Results Orientation - Maintain productivity standards set forth by agency supervisor
• Judgment and Decision Making - Knowledgeable of YYA eligibility requirements and specialty services
• Judgment and Decision Making - Knowledge of crisis intervention protocols and procedures
• Judgment and Decision Making - Understanding of the importance of and have the ability to take care of oneself

• Using the 10-step goal setting process the CPS will:
• Support individuals in articulating personal goals for recovery and wellness
• Support individuals in articulating the objectives necessary to reach his or her recovery and wellness goals
• The CPS will document the following on the Individual Recovery/Resiliency Plan (IR/RP) by:
• Assisting individuals in identifying strengths
• Assisting individuals in identifying recovery and wellness goals
• Assisting individuals in setting objectives
• Assist individuals in identifying…